The Rural Voice, 1989-11, Page 10TRACTOR CAB INC.
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FARM SAW'IY
SAFETY TIPS:
• Slow down before turning.
• Lock brakes together for high
speed travel
• Stay away from ditches and
embankments.
• Keep front-end loader buckets
low for travel.
• Avoid crossing steep slopes.
• Turn downhill if stability becomes
uncertain.
FACTS
TURNING a corner too fast or
travelling too close to a ditch
can flip your tractor over
SIDEWAYS and crush you.
WEST
WAWANOSH
MUTUAL INSURANCE
When you need Insurance call:
Frank Foran, R.R. 2, Lucknow 528-3824
Lyons & Mulhern, 46 West St., Goderich 524-2664
Kenneth B. MacLean, R.R. 2, Paisley 368-7537
John Nixon, R.R. 5, Brussels 887-9417
Donald R. Simpson, R.R. 3, Ripley 395-5362
Delmar Sproul. R.R. 3, Auburn 529-7273
Laurie Campbell. Brussels 887-9051
Slade Insurance Brokers Inc.
Kincardine 396-9513, Port Elgin 389-4341
Dungannon, Ont. NOM 1R0 (519) 529-7922
8 THE RURAL VOICE
FEEDBACK
and debate the implications — let
Canadians decide!
Turn the polls around through
integrity. This is your challenge.
We put it to you to act.0
Ellard Powers
Chair of the GROW coalition
Ottawa
Keeping sheep safe
While visiting a few weeks ago
I learned of a farmer who had just lost
17 sheep to predators. This would be
a terrible death for those poor sheep,
never mind the loss the farmer had.
He may have had electric fence
around them, but in that area it had
been very dry for weeks, and the
earthing system was not working well.
I suggest that all sheep fences
should have the bottom wire from zero
to three, maybe four inches above the
soil. This levels the ground off, and
then the next wire can be placed five
inches above the bottom wire which
also gets it up out of thick damp grass.
Predators do not have room to get
under the bottom wire and the next
wire is just right for them to place a
head between.
The bottom wire should be
connected to the fencer's earth rod
system and also every 500 feet around
the fence, preferably in the dampest
spots. The next wire and those above
connect to the live terminal, which
then gives the full shock that the
fencer is capable of.
I have had no problems with
predators getting through my fence —
and some have tried — yet I use only
a $209 fencer.
You do not have to pay big
dollars to save sheep, but you do
need to have a good system and to
check it weekly.0
John A. Green
El -Fence Consultancy Ltd.
R.R. 1, Liverpool, Nova Scotia
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